Wales One World Film Festival, Wales Proof, that if you wait long enough, the world will come to you. Kicking off in Aberystwyth, this showcase of international cinema will tour around Wales over the next month, with some dates in England and Scotland too. This year, the event includes a strong selection of Chinese films, led by Cannes-winner Luxury Car, plus recent hits such as 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, and unseen new features like Jiri Menzel's comedy, I Served The King Of England and Pen-ek Ratanaruang's Thai mystery, Ploy. Phelim O'Neill

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, London Though the same could be said for pretty much any year this century (and most preceding it), there's never been a more appropriate time for film-makers to highlight the appalling state of international human rights. Twenty-five films about global issues in 19 countries hardly seems enough, but the range is impressive - from the much-lauded Iranian animation Persepolis, to lesser known films such as the Sundance-winning Greatest Silence: Rape In The Congo and The Sari Soldiers, following women at the heart of Nepal's civil war. Closer to home is Strange Culture (featuring Tilda Swinton) which chronicles the odd justice meted out to US artist Steve Kurtz, facing 20 years in jail for having test tubes in his home. Andrea Hubert

Film Jamaica, London Though it flopped on it initial release, cult Jamaican crime drama The Harder They Come enjoyed success as part of the Midnight Movies phenomenon in 1970s New York, and has been credited with both kick-starting the Jamaican film industry and introducing reggae to an unsuspecting world. Now, director Perry Henzell's film, which stars Jimmy Cliff, has been turned into a successful stage musical, and to celebrate its arrival, the Barbican is holding a brief celebration of Jamaican cinema. Henzell's daughter, Justine introduces a special screening of The Harder They Come on Wednesday, and other offerings include comedy Smile Orange, modern romance One Love (starring Ky-mani "son of Bob" Marley) and docudrama Rockers. Finally, there's a showing of Henzell's follow-up, No Place Like Home, featuring footage believed lost in the 1970s, including a cameo from a then-unknown Grace Jones.AH

· Barbican Screen, EC2, Wed 12 to Mar 30

The Movieum, London Since the Museum Of The Moving Image closed its doors almost a decade ago, the capital has been without a shrine to movie-making, but that's all changed with this new facility, celebrating the UK film industry. With new displays arriving almost daily (and rumours that stock stored from MOMI will eventually find a home here), the Movieum will contain everything you need to see how movies are made - or rather how they used to be made, as seeing a stack of computers wouldn't be that interesting to look at. You can get close to props and costumes from Superman, Sunshine, The Borrowers, Batman and more as well as recreations of scenes from Star Wars, and the Rank gong.PO'N